Attachment for use with tractor-drawn binders



Mar. 20, 1923.

C. F. RIED ATTACHMENT FOR USE WITH TRACTOR DHAWN BINDERS Filed Nov. 18,1920 ATTORNEYS Patented llt/liar. 20 i923.,

CHRISTIAN F. RIED, F IPALMYRA, NEBRASKA.

ATTACHMENT FOR USE WITH.' TRACTOR-DRAWN BINDERS.

Application led November 18, 1920. Serial No. 424,955.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that l, CHRISTIAN F. Rino, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Palmyra., in the county of @toe and State oit'Nebraska, have invented a new and lmproved Attachment for Use withTractor- Drawn Binders, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to means for actuating the binder tilting means,the reel raising and lowering means and the bundle discharging means.

'l he general object of my invention is to provide an attachment adaptedto be interposed between the binder and tractor to be accessible by thetractor-man positioned at the rear of the tractor, said attachmentcomprising manually operable levers having means to connect the samerespectively with the binder tilting means, as well as with the reelraising and lowering means and the bundle discharging means, whereby thebinder may be completely controlled by the tractor-man from his positionon the tractor, thereby avoiding the necessity of having a man on thebinder for controlling the binder means referred to.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide an embodiment otthe invention of such acharacter as to :facilitate the installation ofthe attachment by mounting it on the binder tongue, and providing at thesame time tor the ready connection ot the respective levers with thebinder parts.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, it being understoodthat the drawing is merely illustrative of one example of my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an attachment embodying my invention,the same being shown in full lines, said view indicating in dotted linesparts of the tractor and binder including' the parts on the binder withwhich connection is made by my attach- 45 ment.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attachment with parts ot the tractor andbinder in dotted lines.

ln the illustrated example it is to be un- 50 derstood that myattachment may be employed in connection with any of the various knownforms of binders. For the purpose of illustration l have shown theattachment employed in connection with a known 55 form of binder. Theletter A designates generally the binder, B the rear portion ot' thetractor, and C the binder tongue connected with the tractor in anyapproved manner.

ln carrying out my invention in accordancewith the illustrated example Iprovide a supporting base plate 10, adapted to be mounted on the tongueC. Fulcrumed to the base plate 10 are levers 11 and 12 these levershaving a common ulcrum. An additional lever 13 is fulcrumed at 14 on thetongue, but the handle of this lever will be situated normally in thevicinity of the handles of levers 11 and 12.

One lever, 11 for example, actuates the means for tilting the binder forwhich purpose in the illustrated example the connecting rod 15 ispivotally secured at one end to the lever 11 and extends rearwardly tothe binder, the rear end of the rod beingpivotally connected at 16, inthe case of the binder shown, to a lever a on the binder, said leverbeing fulcrumed at its opposite end as at b to the upper end of a bar orstrap c which is rigidly secured at its lower and as at d to the bindertongue C and extends obliquely upwardly and rearwardly from said tongue.The lever a is pivotally secured between the ends thereof as at c to alongitudinal member f of the binder. With the lever 11 connected asdescribed, with the frame bar f, it will readily be understood that whensaid lever is rocked on its fulcrum rearwardly or in the direction ofthe binder the rear end of the lever a on the binder will be thrownupwardly, said lever a, rocking on its fulcrum b and raising the frontportion of the binder so that the binder will rock about the axis of thebinder axle g and assume a tilted position. A reverse movement of thehand lever 11 will draw the rear end of lever a downwardly through theconnection with the binder at e lowering the front end of the binder.

A second lever, 12, connects with the reel raising and lowering means onthe binder for actuating said means. In the illustrated form connectingrod 17 is pivotally secured at its forward end to the lever 12 and therear end of said connecting rod is p'ivotally secured as at 18 to therear end of a lever h, the opposite end of which provides a bearing forthe axle or shaft a' of the reel j. The lever 7L is rockably mountedbetween its ends as at Ic on the upper end of a post Z llO mounted atits lower end on the binder frame. In the illustrated binder having thesaid post Z said post is secured by the bolt e, which thus serves tosecure both the lever a and the post Zto the bar f of the binder. Withthe lever 12 thus connected with the reel raising and lowering lever Itthe rearward movement of lever 12 will, through the rod 17, raise therear end of the lever 7i, thereby lowering the opposite end carrying thereel j, and, obviously, the reverse movement of the lever 12 will resultin raising the reel on the binder.

The third lever 13 controls the bundle discharging means of the binderfor which purpose in the illustrated example of the invention aconnecting rod 19 is secured at its forward end to said lever 13 andpivotally connected at its rear end as at 2O with an arm m, on a rod noperatively connected with a shaft 0, the operation of which effects thedischarge of the bundle carrier designated generally by the letter p.Upon a rearward movement, the lever 13, through the rods 19 and n willeffect the discharge of a bundle, the reverse movement of the said leverserving to restore the bundle carrier.

The base 10 in the preferred forni of the invention has a double arcuaterack 21 so that the notches at the outer and inner side of said arcuaterack can be engaged by the latches 22 and 23 of the respective levers 11and 12, the latch 23 of one lever being so disposed as to engage theinner notches of the rack bar 21, while the latch 22 of the other leverengages the notches of the outer series. lt will be noted that levers 11and 12 are bent laterally or offset intermediate their fulcrum andhandles, this being done so that the rods 15 and 17, which are connectedrespectively to the binder tilting mechanism and the reel liftingmechanism, will be actuated in a perfectly straight line without anytwist or lost motion.

l would state in conclusion that while the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention I do not limit myselfstrictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestlythe same can be considerably varied Without departure from the spirit ofthe invention as defined in the appended claims.

For example, the levers 11, 12, 13 will vary in practice in lengths inaccordance with the amplitude of movement to be imparted to theparticular binder elements actuated thereby.

I claim:

1. An attachment to be interposed between a binder and a hauling tractorto actuate the manually operable parts of the binder for controlling thetilting of the binder, the raising and lowering of the reel, and thedumping of the bundles, said attachment comprising a base plate adaptedto be mounted in position between the/binder and the tractor, a pair ofindependently operable levers having a common fulcrum on said base plateand placed side by side, a third lever pivoted at its lower end forwardof the fulcra of the pair of levers, and connecting nieanseirtendingfrom said levers` to the respective manually operable binder parts.

2. The combination with a binder and its tongue of a base plate securedto said tongue, a double arcuate racl rigidly mountedY on said plate, apair of levers having a common fulcrum on said base plate and extendingupwardly on opposite sides of said double rack, latches carried by saidlevers, the latch of one lever adapted to cooperate with the outernotches of the double rack and the latch of the other lever adaptedsimilarly to cooperate with the inner notches of the rack, andconnecting rods pivotally connected with the levers above the arcuaterack and extending rearwardly to the manually operable binder parts.

3. An appliance adapted to be interposed between a binder and a haulingtractor and upon the tongue of the binder, said appliance comprising abase plate adapted to be rigidly secured on the tongue, an inner andouter-toothed quadrant extending upwardly from said plate, a pair oflevers pivoted on a common fulcrum at the angle of said quadrant andextending upwardly and forardly on opposite sides of the quadrant, saidlevers being oiiset laterally intermediate their fulcra and handle ends,manually operable latches operably mounted on said levers, the latch onone lever cooperating with the outer notches of the quad-rant and thelatch on the other lever similarly cooperating with the inner notches ofthe quadrant, and rods pivotally connected at one end to said levers andextending rearwardly to the manually operable parts of the binder.

CHRISTIAN F. PED.

